#8A72F6#8A72F6

#8A72F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.190 H 288.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A72F6
RGB	rgb(138, 114, 246)
HSL	hsl(251, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(251, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 53.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 40.76, -63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 75.29, 302.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0592 -0.1802)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.19 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1284, 24.0905, 90.0753)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A72F6 #DEF672

analogous

#729CF6 #8A72F6 #CC72F6

triadic

#8A72F6 #F68A72 #72F68A

tetradic

#8A72F6 #F6729C #DEF672 #72F6CC

square

#8A72F6 #F6729C #DEF672 #72F6CC

split-complementary

#8A72F6 #F6CC72 #9CF672

monochromatic

#340EDF #5A38F2 #8A72F6 #BAACFA #E7E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A72F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A72F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A72F6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A72F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A72F6	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E8AFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F83F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#698FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a72f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 114, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.190 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29bfa',
    500: '#8a72f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a72f6;
$custom-light: #b29bfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a72f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.18969,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A72F6

secondary

#EDF4D0

accent

#E501BB

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E17

muted

#807E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A72F6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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